Originally Posted by
Jorgen
Hi folks. Hoping for some help selecting a oneworld program. Currently a UA flyer but I'm relocating from SFOish to MELish, and *A seems to be fairly useless out of Melbourne (unless you really like going to Bangkok, Singapore and Auckland) so I'll probably be going for oneworld..........
Welcome to being future MEL resident ^
Is the move permanent or for a defined period of time ?
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As a Melbourne resident you need to select an
Aussie rules football team to support: this is compulsory
Today is AFL grand final day. Sadly my team is not playing
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As
post 1 what are your expectations / requirements from a FFP ?
Upgrades / lounge access / rewards ?
MEL LAX 1 return = 15842
MEL LHR 1 return = 21006
MEL SYD 20 return = 17560
Total miles 54408
As you have AA status suggest put your QF flights to AA. But some low price fare buckets are non earning to AA [check carefully]. Put these to QF.
For short haul MEL-SYD will take many flights to get QF status. Will you do this every week ? If you are traveling long haul in business or first on OneWorld airlines its a different consideration. Then may be worth trying for QF status. Will you have choice of long haul airline ? The QF EK arrangement may benefit you if the destination is other than LHR.
Do you intend to put miles from credit card spend to a freq flyer program ?
Forget crediting DJ flights to NZ. NZ is a poor freq flyer program
Many business's have discounted QF club membership. Many companies pay for this for depending on your level in pecking order . Possibly same for DJ club access.